02-18-2014, 08:14 AM
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That philosophy holds that any collective action ... is evil because it infringes upon the rights of a particular person
Nothing wrong with that idea **IF** all persons are truly equal, and allowed (or better yet, required) one vote per individual, actual democracy by an informed populace.
Instead, we can't put warning labels on dangerous products, because it "infringes" the "free speech rights" of a corporation. Nor can we have a meaningful post office, because it's "required" to further the "free speech" rights of advertisers.
Subsidies? The paper industry is lobbying to prevent government from modernizing. (Each paper check costs about $1.25; an electronic payment is about $0.09.)
Government is not the problem; what we have is more of a "corprotocracy".